Status: April 2025

Table of contents
I. Name and address of those responsible
II. Contact details of the data protection officer
III. General information on data processing
IV. Rights of the data subject
V. Provision of the website and creation of log files
VI. Use of cookies
VII. Matomo Analytics
VIII. Making contact
IX. LinkedIn
X. Hosting

Responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data protection regulations is:

H.C. Drinks Solutions GmbH
Gebr.-Uekermann-Str. 1
32120 Hiddenhausen
Germany
Tel.: +49 5221 965-0
E-Mail: mail@hcdrinkssolutions.com 

The data protection officer of the responsible entity is:

DataCo GmbH
Sandstraße 33
80335 München
Germany
Tel.: +49 89 7400 45840
www.dataguard.de"

1. Scope of the processing of personal data
   We only process our users' personal data to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The regular processing of our users' personal data only takes place with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is required by law.
   
   
2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data
   Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis.
   When processing personal data that is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.
   
   Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation, to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
   
   In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
   
   If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

3. Data erasure and storage duration
   The personal data of the data subject will be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which we are subject. The data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

If we process your personal data, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights: 

1. Right to information
   You can request a confirmation, as to whether your personal information is being processed by our company:

If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information: 

• the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
• the categories of personal data being processed;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
• the planned duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by us or a right to object to such processing;
• the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• any available information as to the source of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to rectification
   You have a right to rectification and/or completion if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. We must carry out the rectification without undue delay.

3. Right to restriction of processing
   You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under the following conditions:

• if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
• we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
• if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the responsible party override your grounds.
• If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
• If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, we will inform you before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to erasure
   
   a) Obligation to erase
   You have the right to demand the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and we shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

• The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
• The personal data concerning you have been unlawfully processed.
• The personal data concerning you have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the responsible party is subject.
• The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.
  
  b) Information to third parties
  If we have made the personal data concerning you public and if we are obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, our company, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform third parties which are processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure by such third parties of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.
  
  c) Exceptions
  The right to erasure does not apply if the processing is necessary

• for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information
• for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which we are subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the responsible party
• for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
• for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
• for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

5. Right to information
   If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed by us about these recipients.

6. Right to data portability
   You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another party without hindrance from us, to which the personal data has been provided, where

• the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR and 
• the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to obtain that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from us to another party, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in our company. 

7. Right to object
   You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

We will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the option, in connection with the use of information society services - notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC - to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications.

8. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law
   You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

9. Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling
   You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision
10. is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract between you and us
11. is authorised by Union or Member State law to which we are subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
12. is made with your express consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or b GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases referred to in 1 and 3, we shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person of our company, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

10. Right to lodge complaint with a supervisory authority
    Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

1. Description and scope of data processing
   Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer.
   
   The following data is collected:
   Information about the browser type and version used
   The user's operating system
   The user's internet service provider
   The IP address of the user
   Date and time of access
   Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
   
   This data is stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with 

2. Purpose of data processing
   The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.
   The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. We also use the data to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. The data is not analysed for marketing purposes in this context.
   These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. Legal basis for data processing
   The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
4. Duration of storage
   The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
   If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or anonymised so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.

5. Possibility of objection and removal
   The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is necessary for the operation of the website.  The user can object to this. Whether the objection is successful must be determined as part of a weighing of interests.

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. 

When you access our website and at any time thereafter, you have the choice of whether you generally allow cookies to be set or which individual additional functions you would like to select. You can make changes in your browser settings or via our Consent Manager. 

We use technically necessary cookies that are required for the technical structure of the website. Without these cookies, our website cannot be displayed (completely correctly) or the support functions are not possible. By law, we are allowed to store technically necessary cookies on your device. We require your consent for all other cookies that are not technically necessary. Cookies that are not technically necessary are text files that are not only used for the functionality of the website, but also collect other data.

You can change or revoke your consent at any time on our website. 

Please enter your consent ID and the date when you contact us regarding your consent.

Cookiebot 

After you have given your consent, we use a cookie that enables us to analyse your surfing behaviour so that we can continuously optimise our website in terms of its quality, content and user-friendliness. For this purpose, we use the open source software tool Matomo, a service of InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, NZBN 6106769 (hereinafter ‘Matomo’).

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TDDDG.

Matomo does not transmit any data to servers that are outside our control. The data processing takes place exclusively on the servers of our website. We use Matomo with the addition ‘anonymised-IP’, whereby your IP address is shortened by Matomo so that it is then not possible to assign the data to you.

Under section VI Use of cookies, you can see exactly which cookies are set by Matomo and which data is collected and processed for the purpose of web analysis. 

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our analysis purposes.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future here.

1. Description and scope of data processing
   It is possible to contact us via the email address provided on our website. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.
   The data is used exclusively for processing the communication.
   
   There is also a contact form on our website that can be used to contact us electronically. If a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored.
   
   The following data is stored when the message is sent

• E-mail address
• Surname, first name
• Position in the company (optional)
• Company
• Country
• Business telephone (optional)
• Your request

2. Purpose of data processing
   When contacting us via the e-mail address provided, the purpose of processing your personal data is to process the request transmitted with your communication and, if necessary, to contact you.
   
   The processing of the personal data from the input mask of the contact form serves us solely to process the contact. The other personal data processed during the sending process is used to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
   If this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes, we will transfer your personal data to affiliated companies. This occurs in particular if the user's request relates to business areas or products of the affiliated company in question.
   
   
3. Legal basis for data processing
   The legal basis for the processing of the data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail and in the course of contacting us via the contact form is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to answer your enquiry that you send by email in the best possible way. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

4. Duration of storage
   The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. For personal data sent by email or via the contact form, this is the case when the respective communication with the user has ended. Communication is deemed to have ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
   
   
5. Revocation and removal option
   The user has the option to revoke their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail or via the input mask in the contact form, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, communication cannot be continued.

To do so, please send an informal email to mail@hcdrinkssolutions.com 

All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.

Use of company presences in social networks
Our website contains links to our LinkedIn profile. If you click on such a link, you will be redirected to the LinkedIn website. We will track this procedure (clicking on the LinkedIn button) via Matomo.
Please note that when you visit the LinkedIn website, responsibility for the protection of your data is transferred to LinkedIn. We have no influence on data processing by LinkedIn and recommend that you read LinkedIn's privacy policy for information on how they handle your personal data. LinkedIn is an independent service provider and is not subject to our control.

The website is hosted on servers of a service provider commissioned by us.

Our service provider is:
Melters Werbeagentur GmbH

The servers automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits when you visit the website. The information stored is

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Date and time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website - the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

The website server is geographically located in Germany.